Example sentences of "than [verb] it [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is seen as a shade different from the enforcement of a sentence as such ; and there can be a practical difference where , as is often the case , the enforcing State keeps the confiscated property rather than than transmitting it to the State in which the order was made . |
| 2 | There is no better way of practising the language one is learning than using it outside the classroom . |
| 3 | They take the intensity of soul and clench it into a fist rather than using it as a form of release . |
| 4 | What you are aiming at is a steady indication on the localiser needle , rather than returning it to the centre . |
| 5 | It is important that you imagine the secret , rather than steal it from a face you already know . |
| 6 | and it 's cheaper than ordering it off the catalogue . |
| 7 | They have been fighting to keep their current size for more than three years , claiming that they wish to keep the school open to all-comers , rather than limit it to the number of children in Episcopalian families . |
| 8 | Thus , he or she will tend to resolve the crisis rather than use it as a lever towards treatment . |
| 9 | This position is not heterodox so far as relinquo ( or , as it is here expressed , dimitto ) is concerned : Section i argued that the problem with it is precisely that it attributes property directly to a beneficiary rather than vesting it in a trustee . |
| 10 | I like it when you 've got the FX actually going through the amplifier , rather than adding it at the desk , because there 's a certain quality and tonality when everything 's going through that guitar speaker . |
| 11 | For most of the time since 1986 , many parent companies would have done better putting their money safely in a bank deposit than risking it in the securities markets . |
| 12 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 13 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 14 | There is nothing to be gained by translating dollars into pounds in this story any more than doing it in a bank , so the money is untouched . |
| 15 | One solution to this problem would be to assign a length to a probe , rather than treating it as a point , so that short probes could be contained within longer ones . |
| 16 | Analysts , however , have taken the concept of ‘ literal meaning ’ as a ‘ neutral ’ and ‘ universal ’ tool of study rather than treating it as an object of study in itself , as a part of the ‘ social construction of reality ’ which they are trying to describe and to explain . |
| 17 | A woman who left her pet greyhound in agony rather than take it to a vet after it broke its leg in a road accident has been banned from keeping dogs for seven years . |
| 18 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
| 19 | Well no cos it 's better receiving Valentines card rather than hearing it over the phone really why they gave them out |
| 20 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 21 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 22 | Rather than pose it as a question of culture , however , they tackled it — often very productively — in terms of ideology . |
| 23 | One such article , written by the General Secretary , was ordered to be printed and the editor had no option other than to deliver it to the printers . |
| 24 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 25 | the sad news for golfers is that you 've a better chance of watching the sport than playing it at the Oxfordshire club … membership is being limited to 750 and the joining fee is twenty five thousand pounds … |
| 26 | If you like hanging out washing rather than drying it in the bowels of an expensive machine , you will need to tuck away a line and make a dry path to get to and from it . |
| 27 | To repeat , however , the interpretation of competitive strength as current strength is preferable , because it focuses the dynamic management of the group portfolio on the grid itself , rather than leaving it as an inference of the underlying analysis . |
| 28 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 29 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |